Krups, Coffee Grinder, Ultimate Silent Vortex Plastic and Stainless Steel

Purchased this last minute as the brand name one I had purchased from the grocery store was broken right out of the box. It has been working great over the last month! Grinds the coffee perfectly, the removable canister makes it so easy to clean, and the lid for keeping extra grounds fresh is an added plus. Would HIGHLY recommend this. Only critique I might give it is that the plug-in is not very long, maybe 2ft? Doesn’t affect the performance but did make it a little tricky to have it on my coffee bar.

Do not cut off USA plug (use a 13A / USA adapter to try it first. You will probably need to return the grinder I'd seen good reviews of this grinder and eagerly awaited it's arrival. Ordered from Amazon UK and grinder was sent from Amazon USA (it stated this would come from the USA on the page). On unpacking, the first thing I noticed was that it had a USA plug. OK, this can be replaced with a UK plug, but it may invalidate the guarantee or return. Luckily I had an adapter handy to try it out. As soon as I switched it on, there was severe arcing and sparking from underneath the grinder. On investigation, I saw that the plate on the grinder stated 120v. There is no mention on the Amazon description that the voltage is 120v instead of the standard 240v. I don't know why Amazon are selling it on their UK site when it can't be used in the UK!

This is an amazing grinder. I tend to grind 2 tablespoons at a time, and don't want a large grinder. I use it for herbs (black pepper, and other seeds mostly). I was specifically looking for a small grinder for herbs, before I found this. I wasn't really looking for a quiet grinder. I stumbled upon this in my search for a small grinder. Most grinders in this size range are portable, and that's not something I need. While this grinder is small, it's very high quality and very powerful. I have used a lot of grinders and this is by far the quietest grinder, easily 1/10 the noise of other "quiet" grinders. The lid design gives it a double wall with air between when in use. Similar to how a double pain window works, this greatly reduces the noise. The double wall design ensures that no dust escapes the grinder while grinding. I have used this for very tiny seeds, much smaller than pepper, and it does a great job grinding them. The "Vortex" design is great for small quantities as it causes all of the particles to form a tornado-like movement inside the grinder when in use. This gives it a very even grind, as all the particles are thrown around in the vortex, instead of having some sit on the bottom. The power of the grinder is perfect for my use. For my use, it's important that the grinding bowl is metal. Some seeds I grind are very tough and have scratched the sides of other grinders that had plastic bowls. The top is quite high up so it isn't really an issue that it's plastic. On other grinders that had plastic bowls and a plastic top, the tops never got scratched much, but the sides did. On grinders with glass, the glass broke eventually. Never use a grinder with glass parts. It's dangerous. The grinding bowl is easily removed and easily cleaned. This is very important. I've had other grinders that were not so easily cleaned and had parts where particles would accumulate and were almost impossible to clean completely. This is a blade grinder obviously. I have used steel burr grinders, and the main issue is that the burrs slowly wear down after every use (you ingest steel particles from that). Eventually you have to replace the burrs after a few years. If you buy a burr grinder that doesn't let you replace the burrs, you're buying a grinder that you'll throw away in a few years after the burrs ware out. Blade grinders don't have this wear issue nearly as bad as burrs do. I have blade grinders that are over 10 years old and they still work great. I like that the cord can be wound around under the grinder, so that you can extend the cord to just the right length on your counter top so that you don't have a long cord dangling around your counter top. This is a must have feature in my opinion. This also has overheating protection. Another must have feature. If you run it too long, and it overheats, it will temporarily shut down, preventing damage to the grinder. A lot of grinders don't have this feature and will simply be destroyed and rendered useless if this happens. Do not buy a grinder without this feature. A good example of a grinder NOT TO BUY is the CUISINART Coffee Grinder DBM-8P1. The reasons are: burr grinder wears out and you can't get replacements; it's 100% impossible to clean all parts that come into contact with what you're grinding; it is rendered useless if it overheats; it's super noisy; it spits out dust while it's grinding, so you always need to clean up dust after each use. It's just plain awful. This grinder has none of those issues. This is easily the best blade grinder in it's class and is highly recommended.

Warum wird bei der Bewerbung nicht darauf hingewiesen, daß der Stecker nicht für Deutschland geeignet ist. Die Rücksendung erübrigt sich. Unverständlich!

Das Gerät wurde leider mit einem Stecker für den amerikanischen Markt geliefert, konnte somit nicht in Betrieb genommen, sondern nur zurück gesandt werden. 🤷‍♀️